Baltic Sea Cycling

2010 Departures

June	13, 27
August	29
Prices From	$1346 per Person Double $419 Single Supplement
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The Baltic Sea coast with Palanga Resort and the Curonian Spit National Park, designated by UNESCO as the World Heritage Site, explored by bicycle on highly scenic routes with a help of experienced local tour guide. Enjoy a real Lithuanian country life when cycling in the Nemunas River Delta region. This tour partly covers the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route http://www.bicycle.lt/seasideroute/ which is the first and only officially signposted high quality cycle route in Lithuania opened a few years ago.

Non-bicyclists welcome!

Please note that the June 6, July 4, August 1 and August 29, 2010 departures are conducted in German only.

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Arrival in Klaipeda. Arrival transfer to your hotel. Check-in at the hotel.

7:00 p.m. welcome meeting at the hotel where you will be greeted by your tour guide. Dinner at the hotel.

Cycling 40 km.

Sightseeing tour around the Old Town followed by a transfer to Veivirzenai. Get rental bicycles and start your cycling ride through Pamarys Meadows to Silute. En route stop in Sveksna and Vilkenai villages to explore the estates with their beautiful parks and impressive neo-gothic church of St.Jacob the Apostle. Arrival in Silute, check-in and dinner at the hotel.

Cycling 45 km, driving 200 km

Explore Silute town named after "Silokarcema" (a pub in the boscage) and go for a return cycling trip to Rusne Island, the only such big island in Lithuania, located in the Nemunas River Delta Regional Park. En route you will explore the ethnographic fisherman’s homestead – a museum of Rusne, the old water pumping station – a polder museum and the 19th century lighthouse in Uostadvaris Harbour. Dinner at the hotel.

Cycling 45 km

Cycling to Vente Cape where you visit a bird ringing station with a museum of ornithology and the 19th century lighthouse which offers an amazing view of the landscape and a glimpse of the shining sand dunes of the Curonian Spit. En route you will cross 24-km long Klaipeda Canal, also referred to as King Vilhelm Canal, which was dug in the 19th century to link the Minija River with the Curonian Lagoon in Klaipeda. Take a boat for crossing the Curonian Lagoon to Nida. Arrival in Nida followed by a bike ride to the hotel. Dinner at the hotel.

Free day in Nida which is an old fishermen’s village on the Curonian Spit washed by the Baltic Sea from one side and the Curonian Lagoon from other side. Today Nida is the largest settlement of the town of Neringa and one of the most beautiful resorts in Lithuania. Cycling or walking along impressive sand dunes and visiting the most popular places of interest – the Fisherman’s House, the summer house of famous German writer Thomas Mann, and the Amber Gallery Dinner at the hotel.

Cycling 55 km.

Cycling on an asphalt bike path of the Lithuanian Seaside Cycle Route which takes you along the Curonian Spit to Klaipeda. En route you will stop at Thomas Mann memorial museum, “Dead” sand dunes and colony of grey herons and cormorants, visit the Hill of Witches which houses a hundred fanciful and folksy wooden sculptures scattered along a forest path, go swimming in the Baltic Sea and take the sun on golden sand beaches. Arrival in Smiltyne where take a ferry to the Old Town of Klaipeda. Dinner at the hotel.

Transfer to the airport following breakfast.

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